Panel featuring The Muslims Are Coming! author Arun Kundnani

 

Over a decade after the attacks on September 11, 2001, misconceptions about Islam and discrimination towards Muslims remain at the center of some of the most heated political debates. Responses have varied in both content and context. Join the Brennan Center for Justice for a candid and engaging discussion Arun Kundnani, Dean Obeidallah, Negin Farsad, and Faiza Patel about two very different, but powerful, approaches to combating Islamophobia.

In his review of national security strategies, Arun Kundnani, author of The Muslims Are Coming!: Islamophobia, Extremism, and the Domestic War on Terror, shows how domestic counterterrorism programs are skewed by simplistic narratives about the nature of the threat and relationship between religion and terrorism. 

Dean Obeidallah and Negin Farsad's film, The Muslims are Coming!, tackles anti-Muslim sentiment in American society head-on, as they travel across the country and use the universal appeal of comedy to break down barriers and also put on an entertaining show. 

The discussion will be moderated by Faiza Patel, Co-Director of the Brennan Center for Justice's Liberty and National Security Program.